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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The behavior piece is most likely going to limit his options in a private placement.Does he have a psychiatrist overseeing his case with experience with such a complex case of autism and emotional disturbance? He needs a prescribing physician or at least one to consult to see if medication may need to be changed to stabilize him. 
Looking at state benefits, Mom needs to get a disability lawyer/ advocate to present his case as an emergency for a full 24/7 Medicaid Waivet slot.  This funding ought to help Mom
find a placement in a residential group home placement in his state if it exists? If not then 
to use it for in/home staffing with the family 
Providing some additional incentives. No place needs to keep a person  iewed as a danger to others.  [/quote]

I really hate responses like this. I’m referring to the last part where you say “no place has to keep a person viewed as a danger to others”. Yet, the mom has to continue being beat up and kept in harms way because she is the mom. This is a 20 year old adult man who could seriously hurt her.

OP-I know you said other than a psych placement but realistically that is your only option because of the violence. They have protocols in place to keep him and others safe. But I absolutely don’t believe he should stay with the mother if he is violent. And no agency is going to send someone as an aid in this situation. And also if they did it more than likely wouldn’t be 24/7. People love to judge when someone has to put their child in a permanent psych setting but the truth of it is-it’s not fair to just keep withstanding someone hurting you because it’s your child. just my two cents. Everyone in this situation needs to be in the safest place. [/quote]

What “permanent psych facility” do you think will take him long term? The PP’s advice was a roadmap to finding the resources needed to get a residential placement. And agencies will send people to the home in these circumstances- I know of cases of it. [/quote]

Sure they will send people to the home-but it’s during the day. What happens when her son gets agitated in the middle of the night and attacks her? And she’s a single mom in the home alone and there is nobody to come help? This is why a placement makes more sense-There are multiple back up plans and ways to let other people know you are in distress. He’s technically an adult, so if he’s in a placement and there is no place for him to go home to-they will have to find a permanent place for him. Similar to what happens to the elderly when there is nowhere for them to go home to. [/quote]

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